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Tony Muskett insists the drastic change of surrounding won’t alter the way he plays.Virginia’s new quarterback, an FCS transfer from Monmouth, will take the field in front of the largest crowd he’s ever played in front of when the Hoos open their campaign against Tennessee on Sept. 2 at Nissan Stadium in Nashville.The venue holds a capacity of 69,000-plus, or three-and-half times more than the biggest ...

Nashville TennesseanOn Sunday, practice No. 10 for Vanderbilt football marks its first scrimmage of the season, when coach Clark Lea and the Commodores will hold their first full, live contact session.The Commodores are well positioned to take major strides in 2023. They finished last season with a 5-7 record after winning just two games in 2021. This season, with various returners and a retooled roster, ...

El Paso TimesThe transfer portal transformed the landscape of college football, but it's main impact at UTEP has been more subtle.In a new era when players come and go, the portal has cast a light on the biggest strength of what coach Dana Dimel has built. It's cast a light on the loyalty of the players the Miners have recruited.The program has lost two players of note to the portal: Jacob Cowing to ...

Aug 4, 2023The wait is over for Utah State’s football program.Fall camp started Friday and the Aggies have four weeks to prepare for their season opener, which will take place Saturday, Sept. 2, on the road against Big 10 Conference program Iowa. The first team meeting actually took place Thursday, which is also when USU held its annual media day.“We’ve had a good summer,” USU head coach Blake Anderson ...

jcoles@deseretnews.comIn each of the last two seasons, Utah has had a clear impact player on defense.In 2021, Utah coach Kyle Whittingham called linebacker Devin Lloyd the “best defender that’s ever come through the University of Utah, at least in the modern era.”Lloyd had five interceptions, a forced fumble and 255 tackles in his career with the Utes before being drafted by the Jacksonville Jaguars ...

Aug. 6, 2023, 11:25 a.m.How quickly is it fair to expect a quarterback to return from an ACL injury?And, perhaps just as importantly from a University of Utah perspective: how well do they play when they return?Those are perhaps the two biggest looming questions on this upcoming Utes season — the Utes look well-positioned if Cam Rising can make a triumphant return after his Rose Bowl ACL tear and play ...

Sunday, Aug. 6, 2023 | 2 a.m.It’s raining INTsFor the second straight day, UNLV’s defensive backs swarmed whenever the ball was in the air. They came away with three interceptions in 11-on-11 action, including a nifty sequence that saw senior cornerback Jerrae Williams undercut a route over the middle and tip the ball in the air, allowing junior Cameron Oliver to swoop in behind the play for his second ...

By HALEY SAWYER |PUBLISHED August 5, 2023 at 2:59 p.m. | UPDATED: August 6, 2023 at 1:51 a.m.LOS ANGELES — There are multiple ways to judge a quarterback battle and measure strengths and weaknesses and what gives a player more leverage.Ethan Garbers’ perspective is clear.“I’m trying to be the smartest person out there on the field,” the redshirt junior said.Each quarterback at UCLA has his own way ...

Although Tulane already had a handful of scholarship running backs, graduate transfer Shedro Louis embraced the competition when he chose the Green Wave as a transfer from Liberty after spring drills.Louis, a 5-foot-8, 170-pound dynamo, rushed for 1,399 yards and 15 touchdowns and added 36 receptions in four years with the Flames. He returned two kickoffs for touchdowns, with two more scores nullified ...

The list of all-time lettermen in the Texas Tech football media guide runs 11 pages of names in tiny type. That doesn't even count the few thousand more who dotted the roster as walk-ons without making the lettermen's list for posterity.Tech has fielded a college football team for 99 seasons, even before the A-J's Collier Parris had the idea to call them the Red Raiders.Only one of those who suited ...